The CW, brought to you by Tim Hortons (OK, enough of the Canadian jokes).
Of course, the truth is that the model the network originally ran on of
lose money now, make it up for CBS and Warners on the backend overseas
sales and Netflix licensing doesn't work anymore and Nexstar wants to see
black ink by 2025. To that end, the CDub is now in summer mode all year
long with a lineup dominated by overseas pickups and unscripted. Here it
is:
MONDAY
8:00-9:00PM All American (the only--ONLY--U.S. scripted series with new
episodes)
9:00-10:00PM 61st STREET--Dumped by the ailing AMC while the second season
was being shot, it's a cop drama set in Chicago that doesn't look much like
Dick Wolf's Wednesday night shows on NBC, with Courtney B. Vance and
Aunjanaue Ellis. Both completed seasons will air back-to-back.
TUESDAY
8:00-8:30PM SON OF A CRITCH--Mark Critch of the long-running CBC sketchcom
"This Hour Has 22 Minutes" (which Americans have never seen unless they
live on the border) tells stories off-camera of him growing up in the
Canadian province Newfoundland (CBC promos: "Tonight at 8, 8:30 in
Newfoundland") in the 80s. Malcolm McDowell plays his grandfather. Two
13-ep seasons on the CBC from last year, will air those seasons
back-to-back.
8:30-9:00PM RUN THE BURBS--A Vietnamese family moves to the Great White
North to start a new life. A cast member of "KIm's Convenience" (in case
you watched it on Netflix) created and stars in the show. On the CBC since
last year, 25 episodes over two seasons, will air the seasons back-to-back.
9:00-9:30PM CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING--From a producer of 'Schitt's Creek"
whose last name is not Levy, a standard issue family sitcom (I guess it's a
single-cam). Two seasons and 24 episodes for CTV and Roku Channel in the
U.S., a third season has been ordered, Roku will continue to stream the
show.
9:30-10:00PM EVERYONE ELSE BURNS--A British family holds some, uh, extreme
religious views about their fellow man and the world. Started on Channel 4
in the UK earlier this year for a typically-British six episodes (although
produced by Universal and JAX Media).
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00PM SULLIVAN’S CROSSING--A neurosurgeon fleeing from the law moves
back to her old home, from a series of novels by Robyn Carr and starring
three veterans of old school CW shows, including Chad Michael Murray ("One
Tree Hill") and lead Morgan Kohan ("Batwoman"). From the producers of the
similar Netflix show "Virgin River" and Fremantle, was on CTV earlier this
year, ten episodes.
9:00-10:00PM THE SPENCER SISTERS--Lea Thompson plays a mystery novelist who
solves crimes with her daughter, who people mistake for her sister, in a
return to the good old days of the blue-sky procedural that kept USA and
TNT in business. Started on CTV earlier this year, 10 episodes.
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00PM FBOY ISLAND (repeat of previous week)
9:00-10:00PM FBOY ISLAND--The you-gotta-be-kidding HBO Max dating show that
got cut by Daddy Zaslav as part of the great cost cut at WBD moves to OTA
TV and starts with the first season (a second season is in the can) so you
know there's lots of bleeps. Ilana Glazer continues as host, an "FGIRL
Island" spinoff will air mid-season.
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00PM Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Brooke Burke replaces Alyson Hannigan
as the show's fifth wheel)
9:00-9:30PM Whose Line Is It Anyway? (the last season of the long-runner,
they'll probably make so many episodes that new shows will air years from
now)
9:30-10:00PM Whose Line reruns
SATURDAY
8:00-8:30PM Masters of Illusion
8:30-9:00PM Masters of Illusion (previous season repeat)
9:00-9:30PM World's Funniest Animals
9:30-10:00PM World's Funniest Animals (previous season repeat)
SUNDAY
8:00-10:00PM I AM FILMS--A series of feature documentary bios I have never
heard of before, although I sort of remember the first one, 2012's "I Am
Bruce Lee." Three new episodes will be made.
And the reboot of "Walker," which I suspect was never a favorite of the
CDub hardcore, will return for a 13-episode final season after the first of
the year.
The wailing and moaning of the faithful can now begin (oh hell, it's
already started).
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